Device for making rosettelike articles



Aug. 7, 1945.

H. COTTRELL DEVICE FOR MAKING ROSETTE-LIKE ARTICLES Filed NOV. 10, 1943INVENTO 1M W A'ITO EY.

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section of the, device shown in Figure 1. Figure Patented Aug. 7, 1945 iUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR MAKING ROSETTELIKE ARTICLESHerbert Cottrell, Point Pleasant, N. J. Application November 10,1943,SerialNo. 509,938

3Claims.- (C This invention relates to a device for manu-.

.when the pattern is finished by releasing the loops of the article. Thearticles are representative of flowers such as daisies formed'by radialloops gathered at the center. The articles are used singly or are sewedtogether to form larger articles such as table covers, spreads and otherarticles. The present invention is an improvement over a deviceillustrated and described in a former patent of applicant, issued August20, 1935, No.

The article produced is substan- The object of the invention is toprovide a device made of separable parts which are easily manipulatedand which, when assembled pro;- vide a ready means for receiving wool orsimilar strands. v'I'he'finished article is released from the device bysimply separating the parts and lifting the completed article from thedevice.

. The device has the advantage of being small and compact, and is alsocheaply manufactured as it comprises only two parts easily assembled andeasily separated.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure1 is a top view of showing a strand in the initial turns taken to Figure2 is a central crossv erably made of wood, although plastic or metal amay be used. The disc is provided with notches at its rim. Such notchesor indentations are preferably provided by placing radially arrangedgrooves II in the top face of the member. The

grooves H are preferablydeepest at their outer ends and tapered towardthe center. of the mem her. The advantage of this will be set forthhereinafter.

H The disc is, provided with a pin I3 which is secured to the under sideof the disc l0. As the pin is adapted to be readily removed it isprefstably held inplace by means of a tight fit on the pin in the recess[4. The recess I4 is usually placed in the center of the bottom of thedisc.

' Other means may be employed to detachably attach the pin to the disc.

The device is used by assembling the disc and the pin and then winding astrand over and under the disc, each tur'nunder the disc being passedaround the pin l3.- One method of winding is shown in Figure 1. Thestrand I5 is held by the thumb at I, then passed over the disc in arecess or groove ll then under the disc as at 2, then around the pin I3as at 3 then to the next recess ll at4, across th disc at 5 and thenunder the disc at 6 around the pin l3 and then to the recess at 1 and soon around the disc. After all the loops are finished the two ends of thestrand and the central partof the crossed strands are gathered bystitching I6 to form a rosette.

After the rosette is thus secured the pin I3 is removed and the loops I!are released from the pin and the rosette can be straightened out and isready-for use as a unit or to be connected to with others to form alarger article.

The form shown inFigures 1 and 2 with the tapered slots ll terminatingshort of the center of the top of the'disc is designed to facilitate 'adevice embodying the invention, and also the sewing of the center of therosette as the central part of the strands are raised, above those partsin the grooves II and the sewing of the central part is facilitated.

I claim: 4 1. A'device for forming rosette-like articles comprising acircular flat member having ra-.

dially arranged grooves in-its top face and extending to the rim, thegrooves being deepest at the rim and tapering toward the center of themember, the member having a recess in the bottom face thereof, and a pinfitting in the recess and readily removable therefrom.

2. A device for forming rosette-like articles comprising a fiat circularmember having radially extending tapered grooves in its top face, and apin removably secured to the bottom face thereof.

3. A device for forming rosette-like articles comprising a member havinggrooves in its .top face extending to and being deepest at the rim andtapering toward the center of the member, themember having a recess inthe bottom face thereof, and a pin fitting in the recess and readilyremovable therefrom.

HERBERT comm.

